Jamaican music style of the 1950s, a precursor to reggae Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Jamaican music style of the 1950s, a precursor to reggae last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SKA.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SKA Jamaican music style of the 1950s, a precursor to reggae (3) The Times Specialist Sunday Aug 20, 2017
5% ROOTS Levi ____, Reggae Reggae Sauce creator (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 16, 2025
5% JERK Jamaican style of preparing chicken (4) New York Times Mini Nov 2, 2025
5% ITUNES Apple Music precursor (6) USA Today Sep 8, 2025
5% RAGGA Jamaican music style (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 10, 2025
5% ROCKSTEADY Reggae precursor (10) Wall Street Journal Apr 7, 2023
5% REGGAE Jamaican music style (6) The Times Concise Feb 1, 2022
4% ALA In the style of (3) Thomas Joseph Dec 9, 2025
4% MAINFRAME Supercomputer precursor (9) New York Times Dec 1, 2025
4% POLKA Classic music style beloved by Weird Al Yankovic (5) New York Times Dec 1, 2025

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